Teaching Toys at KS1 - Years 1 & 2

Teaching Toys to Key Stage 1

Toys is an obvious topic to select for infants. Not only is it appealing , at least initially, it is also one where you can find a good range of artefacts. Investigating these objects helps...

KS1 Medium term planner: Toys through time (Term 1 or 2 of Y1)

This is one of the earliest topics to be taught at EYFS/KS1 following on from Myself. As we know this topic (preferably after Christmas) can engage children’s senses, fire their imagination and encourage lots of...

Toys – KQ1 – What are our toys like today?

Because the topic is aimed at children beginning key stage 1, it is a good idea to spend more time covering this key question in order to establish a sound understanding of toys today as...

Toys – KQ2 – What are other people’s toys like?

This session comprises two very simple tasks: matching objects to the young children who would usually play with them, followed by a follow-up task, this time on the theme of wheeled transport where children have...

Toys – KQ3 – How can we tell these toys are old?

This smart task complements the existing lesson on the site using ICT . Rather than re-write the whole lesson this is added as an extra task. Using slides 2-5 show pupils the pairs of objects -...

Toys – KQ4 – What sorts of toys did our grandparents play with and how do we know?

Optional question: What toys did our grandparents get as Christmas presents when they were your age? Read more

Toys – KQ5 – Who played with these toys in the past? and how can we know?

This is particularly suitable as an extension question for the older/ higher attaining pupils in KS1 if you are teaching this topic to a mixed-age class. Read more

Toys – KQ6 – How can we set up our own toy museum?

This final KS1 lesson on the Toys topic cements children’s understanding of old and new in an interesting way. Read more

Toys old and new: Sorting and setting

Sample page from outstanding website produced by Warwickshire's Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum

This lesson draws on some excellent resources you may not have come across, produced by museums in Bedfordshire and Warwickshire. Not only do they look at old and new and then and now they also...

OFSTED’s report on teaching of Toys-outstanding lesson

When the inspector entered, the pupils were sitting on the carpet around the teacher. She was gently exploring whether they understood the concepts ‘old’ and ‘new’ and the differences between the present and the past....

Washday in the past; helping the hopeless Mr Lather

The children will be familiar with the range of processes involved in washing clothes in the past. They will have watched programmes such as Magic Grandad and will have explored a range of artefacts...

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Teaching Toys to Key Stage 1

KS1 Medium term planner: Toys through time (Term 1 or 2 of Y1)

Toys – KQ1 – What are our toys like today?

Toys – KQ2 – What are other people’s toys like?

Toys – KQ3 – How can we tell these toys are old?

Toys – KQ4 – What sorts of toys did our grandparents play with and how do we know?

Toys – KQ5 – Who played with these toys in the past? and how can we know?

Toys – KQ6 – How can we set up our own toy museum?

Toys old and new: Sorting and setting

OFSTED’s report on teaching of Toys-outstanding lesson

Washday in the past; helping the hopeless Mr Lather

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